# Ricardo Zapata

> SWE @ IBM | Prev @ P&G & SonicBids | CS @ NYU

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ricardozapata

Software Developer joining IBM this July. B.S. in Computer Science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Cum Laude. Passionate about building impactful software and always looking to learn and grow. Open to connecting — feel free to reach out at raz6675@nyu.edu or check out my work at github.com/Ricardo-A-Zapata.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2026 – Present | Austin, TX

### Full Stack Engineer @ Sonicbids
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
• Migrated 88K+ records across 12+ entities (bands, EPKs, media, events) from legacy MySQL → PostgreSQL (Supabase) via automated YAML-driven pipelines, ensuring zero-downtime cutover and enabling cloud-native deployment on Vercel.
• Hardened authentication and role-based routing with Supabase Auth, deploying server-side session logic that improved login reliability and scaled stable access for 2.5K+ monthly active users.
• Refined EPK editing flow in Next.js (TypeScript), reducing profile-editing support tickets by ~30% and strengthening structured data quality for venue–artist matching and recommendation systems.

### Object Oriented Course Assistant - C++ @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

### Head Course Assistant @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, NY
• Progressed from Course Assistant (CA) → Head Lab CA → Head CA, leading a team of 16+ course assistants and coordinating support for 200+ students each semester.
• Managed recruitment, onboarding, and scheduling while mentoring undergraduates on Python fundamentals, debugging, and problem-solving.

### Head Lab Course Assistant @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Met with faculty weekly to create labs for students that review lessons taught in lecture each week.
• Owned the course-assistant scheduling workflow for all lab sections within course. Effectively managed coverage across labs and lectures through dynamic circumstances.
• Planned content for and conducted review sessions for students.

### Course Assistant @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Evaluated student code in order to understand and communicate both programming and conceptual errors
• Explained solutions to students’ Python problems and coding inquiries in general
• Awarded “Students’ Choice Award” and “New CA of the Semester Award”

### Data Asset Manager Intern @ Procter & Gamble
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cincinnati, OH
• Engineered reusable Databricks Asset Bundle templates to standardize PySpark ETL data ingestion, cutting redundant engineering work by ~50% and enabling faster onboarding of new central data lake integrations.
• Redesigned and documented Power Automate workflow to improve metadata capture from intake forms into SharePoint and Azure DevOps, ensuring accurate routing of data lake publication requests and eliminating ~2 hrs/week of manual processing.
• Built a Power BI dashboard integrated with Azure DevOps to deliver automated progress reports on data lake projects, replacing weekly syncs with teams across the US, Latin America, and Europe, and reducing manual reporting by ~12 hrs/week.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
New York University

### American Heritage Schools - Broward Campus


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ricardo-a-zapata

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Last updated: 2026-04-05